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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 29, 2021Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 1:08 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2021, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Crawford County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

563 
WUUS51 KCLE 291708
SVRCLE
PAC039-291745-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0064.210729T1708Z-210729T1745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
108 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Crawford County in northwestern Pennsylvania...

* Until 145 PM EDT.

* At 108 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Pymatuning North to 6 miles northeast of Atlantic,
  moving southeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Linesville, Harmonsburg, Pymatuning North, Atlantic, Adamsville,
  Pymatuning Central, Cochranton, Conneaut Lake, Conneaut Lakeshore,
  Geneva and Hartstown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4149 8002 4149 8009 4148 8013 4148 8033
      4163 8052 4173 8052 4170 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 303DEG 47KT 4168 8048 4156 8024 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Saunders
2 follow-up statements
953 
WWUS51 KCLE 291723
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
123 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

PAC039-291745-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210729T1745Z/
Crawford PA-
123 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...

At 123 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Atlantic, or 8
miles southwest of Meadville, moving southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Atlantic, Adamsville, Cochranton, Conneaut Lake, Conneaut Lakeshore,
Geneva and Hartstown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4160 8042 4164 8029 4159 8015 4149 8002
      4149 8009 4148 8013 4148 8033 4152 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 307DEG 35KT 4157 8028 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Saunders
084 
WWUS51 KCLE 291740
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
140 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

PAC039-291749-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210729T1745Z/
Crawford PA-
140 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4160 8042 4164 8029 4159 8015 4149 8002
      4149 8009 4148 8013 4148 8033 4152 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 303DEG 47KT 4148 8009 

$$

Saunders

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 10:05 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEErie28 hr
Jul 29, 10:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Erie28 min
Jul 29, 10:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie39 min
Jul 29, 11:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie3 hr
Jul 29, 11:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie40 min
Jul 29, 11:45 AM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Erie27 min
Jul 29, 12:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECrawford3 hr
Jul 29, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford29 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.